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Kevin Kale

Advisor at SWS Partners, LLC

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Location

Columbus, OH 43215

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

18 years

About

Kevin Kale is a financial advisor at SWS Partners, LLC with 18 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at firms including Manning & Napier Advisors, Ancora Family Wealth Advisors, and Inverness Securities. Outside of finance, Kale is involved in independent film production as a silent investor and producer in several ventures. SWS Partners provides personalized financial planning, investment management, and consulting services to individuals, high-net-worth clients, multi-family offices, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm combines passive asset-class exposures with fundamental, research-driven security selection and offers a range of strategies including discretionary portfolio management, institutional OCIO services, and an exclusive wrap-fee Wealth Management program.

Client services

Based on SWS Partners, LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers
Data aggregation & reporting for family office

Expertise

Based on SWS Partners, LLC

Business ownership considerations Business succession planning Private / alternative investments

Occupation focus

Based on SWS Partners, LLC

Founder/Business Owner Executive

Fee options

Fixed

Consulting fees are fixed retainers based on scope, size, complexity, and length of engagement

Percentage

$1,000,000 - $10,000,000: 0.85% $10,000,001 - $25,000,000: 0.75% $25,000,001 - $50,000,000: 0.65% $50,000,001+: 0.55%

Performance-based

Performance-based fees received by affiliates via private funds (carried interest), but not accepted on separately managed accounts

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 Minimum fee: SWS Multi-family Office services billed at a minimum rate of $50,000 per year, paid quarterly ($12,500 per quarter) Fee-only: Financial Planning generally billed at $5,000 annually, reduced by 50% at $2,500,000 in assets managed, waived at $5,000,000 in assets managed; SWS Consulting fees are fixed retainers based on scope

Location

230 West Street, Suite 500

Columbus, OH 43215

Most active in

Ohio

Work history

SWS Partners

2025 - Present (1 year)

Inverness Securities

2020 - Present (6 years)

Ancora Family Wealth Advisors

2020 - 2025 (5 years)

US Bank

2019 - 2020 (1 year)

Wealthstone Inc.

2018 - 2019 (1 year)

Halite Partners, LLC

2018 - 2018 (1 year)

MANNING & NAPIER ADVISORS, llc

2003 - 2018 (15 years)

Manning & Napier Investor Services, Inc.

2003 - 2018 (15 years)

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Nick G

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 65, CLU®

Columbus, OH

ClearMind Capital

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Wealth management General retirement planning Social Security optimization Medicare planning Early retirement planning Retired Public Service Employee Baby Boomers (Born 1946-1964) Approaching retirement
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Social Security optimization General retirement planning General tax planning Life insurance needs analysis Cash flow / budgeting
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Series 63, Series 66

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General retirement planning Annuities Roth conversion strategy
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Columbus, OH

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Passive / index investing Active portfolio management
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CFP®, Series 66

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Retirement income strategy Life insurance needs analysis Cash flow / budgeting Tax-loss harvesting Options & derivatives strategies Founder/Business Owner Retired
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